B.A. in Finance
Overview
To graduate with a degree in Finance majors must have a cumulative average of 2.0 in all major coursework. Students seeking to double major in Economics and Finance must have a minimum of 24 credit hours distinct or exclusive to each major. Those 24 credit hours must not count for any other major. It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
Curriculum Requirements
The Core Curriculum (49-50 hours)
Please reference the Core Curriculum Requirements
Lower Division Major Program Requirements (15 hours)
| AC211 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| EC201 | Introductory Macroeconomics | 3 |
| EC202 | Introduction Economics II | 3 |
| EC210 | Mathematics for Economics & Finance | 3 |
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| BU306 | Quantitative Analysis I | 3 |
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| MA208 | Statistics | 3 |
Upper Division Major Program Requirements (18 hours)
| BU310 | Finance I | 3 |
| BU311 | Finance II | 3 |
| EC316 | Intermediate Economics | 3 |
| EC317 | Intermediate Microeconomics | 3 |
| TH352 | Special Topics in Moral Theology | 3 |
| EC408W | Economics Seminar | 3 |
Upper Level Elective Courses (12 hours)
Select Four Elective Courses:
| BU335 | Personal Finance and Investments | 3 |
| BU411 | Financial Investments | 3 |
| EC305 | Data Analytics for Econ and Finance | 3 |
| ET303 | Financing New Ventures | 3 |
| EC307 | Money and Banking I | 3 |
| BU412 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| EC424 | Govt Economics and Policy Analysis | 3 |
| EC440 | International Economics and Finance | 3 |
| IB310 | International Business | 3 |
| MA201 | Calculus I | 3 |
| MA305 | Advanced Statistics | 3 |
| BU453 | Internship | 3 |
| EC490 | Senior Thesis | 3 |